Whereas Reichswehr Minister Otto Gessler was content with limited political and administrative duties during his tenure (1920-1928), Colonel General Hans von Seeckt, Chief of Army Command from 1920 to 1926, succeeded in largely removing the Reichswehr from the control of the Reichstag. Under Seeckt the Reichswehr developed into what many historians consider a "state within the state".

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